What does prone mean?
Definitions for prone
proʊnprone
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Princeton's WordNet
proneadjective
having a tendency (to); often used in combination
"a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone"
prone, prostrateadjective
lying face downward
Wiktionary
proneadjective
Lying face downward; prostrate.
proneadjective
Having a downward inclination or slope.
proneadjective
Shooting from a lying down position.
Etymology: From pronus.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PRONEadjective
Etymology: pronus, Latin.
There wanted yet a creature not prone,
And brute as other creatures, but indu’d
With sanctity of reason, might erect
His stature, and upright with front serene
Govern the rest. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. vii.Upon these three positions in man, wherein the spine can only be at right lines with the thigh, arise those postures, prone, supine and erect. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Down thither prone in flight
He speeds, and through the vast ethereal sky
Sails between worlds. John Milton, Par. Lost, b. v.Since the floods demand,
For their descent, a prone and sinking land:
Does not this due declivity declare
A wise director’s providential care? Richard Blackmore.The labour of doing good, with the pleasure arising from the contrary, doth make men for the most part slower to the one and proner to the other, than that duty, prescribed them by law, can prevail sufficiently with them. Richard Hooker.
Those who are ready to confess him in judgment and profession, are very prone to deny him shamefully in their doings. Robert South, Sermons.
If we are prone to sedition, and delight in change, there is no cure more proper than trade, which supplies business to the active, and wealth to the indigent. Addison.
Still prone to change, though still the slaves of state. Alexander Pope.
Wikipedia
prone
Prone position () is a body position in which the person lies flat with the chest down and the back up. In anatomical terms of location, the dorsal side is up, and the ventral side is down. The supine position is the 180° contrast.
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prone
Prone generally refers to a position or state of lying flat or facing downwards. It can also mean being likely or susceptible to experience or suffer from something. The term can also refer to a natural inclination or tendency towards a particular condition or behavior.
Webster Dictionary
Proneadjective
bending forward; inclined; not erect
Proneadjective
prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine
Proneadjective
headlong; running downward or headlong
Proneadjective
sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level
Proneadjective
inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to
Etymology: [L. pronus, akin to Gr. , , Skr. pravana sloping, inclined, and also to L. pro forward, for. See Pro-.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prone
prōn, adj. with the face downward: bending forward: headlong: disposed: inclined or sloping.—adv. Prone′ly.—n. Prone′ness. [O. Fr.,—L. pronus; cog. with Gr. prēnēs, prone.]
Rap Dictionary
pronenoun
Exessively large breast on a woman; Large man breasts, created and often used by Phil P. Also said as Tig Ol' Bitties. And we'd all like to see your Tig' Ol Bitties... -- Lil' Jon & The Eastside Boyz featuring Ying Yang Twins (Get Low) reverse the letters "T" and "B" in "Tig Ol' Bitties" to see where the term comes from...
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Anagrams for prone »
preon
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prone in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prone in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of prone in a Sentence
Among these are urging the use of repellents and vigilance of spaces prone to accumulate water in order to eliminate them and avoid the breeding of the mosquito.
The transaction makes strategic and financial sense for Bradesco and represents an opportunity to deploy more effectively the excess capital it was prone to accumulate in light of Brazil's poor credit growth outlook in the years to come.
We found two out of three patients can avoid a ventilator during the first 24 hours by putting them on oxygen and doing these positioning maneuvers, such as laying them prone on their stomach.
It became clear that there were two main factors, first that overall climates were becoming cooler, and this made life harder for the dinosaurs which likely relied on warm temperatures, then, the loss of herbivores made the ecosystems unstable and prone to [an] extinction cascade. We also found that the longer-lived dinosaur species were more liable to extinction, perhaps reflecting that they could not adapt to the new conditions on Earth.
He had told Jerry Lee not to take Myra to England, but Jerry Lee is a person not prone to taking advice.
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- عرArabic
- propens, procliu, predisposatCatalan, Valencian
- anfällig, in Bauchlage, schräg, geneigtGerman
- πρηνήςGreek
- postrado, de bruces, decúbito pronoSpanish
- دمرPersian
- altistettu, kallistunut, vatsallaan, kasvoillaan, vino, rähmällään, viettävä, altistunut, kallistettu, kallellaan, taipuvainen, makuultaFinnish
- enclin, couché sur le ventre, prédisposéFrench
- cenderung, rentanIndonesian
- prone, legge seg flatNorwegian
- prono, inclinadoPortuguese
- лежащий ничком, предрасположенный, склонный, лицом вниз, лёжа, наклонныйRussian
- پریشانUrdu
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